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TRAGTIONTRUGKQ n No. 376,703. Patented Jan. 17, l1888.

D", y Y I .ttorney UNITED STATES PATENT Grrrca.-

WILLIAM H. BEDELL, OF SAYVILLE, NEW YORK.

TRACTloN-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,703, dated January 17, 1888,

pplication tiled March 9, 1887. Serial No. 230.958. (No model.)

erence being had to the accompanying draw-f ings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l o f the drawings is a representation of a top view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention with a boat shown on the carriage. Fig.v3 is a vertical longitudinal section through middle of hind wheel. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a part of one of the traction-belts.

My invention relates to tractiontrucks des1gned,pr1nc1pally,for Government service for boat-wagons Vand heavy ordnance on sandybeach lifesaving stations and the like; and itv consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring by letter' to the accompanying drawings, A designates the front axle, B the rear axle, and C the reach, of the truck.

D is the front axle-stock, and E the rear axle stock.

I designates the rearhonnds,and J the front hounds. y

K is the tongue, which is connected to the front hounds. Y

,L designates the hind wheels,and M lthe front wheels, of the truck. v

N and I? are transverse shafts,whi`ch are secured to the lower faces of the front transverse bars of the front and rear hounds, respectively, by eyebolts or otherwise, said shafts N P extending laterally beyond the ends of the transverse bars, to which they are se-- cured.

R R are long spools, Afianged at each end and turning loosely on the projecting ends of the shafts N and P, and are prevented from Y slipping off the shafts-by the spring-guards S,

the heads of which rest on the ends of the shaft, their rear ends being fitted npon'the ends of the front and rear aigles and kept in place by nuts T. The guards can be thus easily detached and the spools removed when necessary.

Traction-belts U, V, W, and X encircle each wheel and the flangedgnidespool immediately in front of it./ Each traction-belt comprises two parallel endless link belts, Y Z, the links a of said belts being connected in pairs by transverse slats a,securely riveted or bolted to the outsides of the links a', the

peripheries of the wheels L M engaging the inner faces of the yslats at points between the parallel link belts, so that when the truck is drawn along the link Jbelts form the track upon which the truck travels, thereby pref venting the wheels from sinkinginto the sand or soil. The links also, by engaging against the sides of the wheels L and M, prevent the extending beyond the wheel is given a very broad tread. -The belts engage the spools between the iianges thereon, and are thus preA vented from slipping.

In the illustrations I have shown a boat in position toy be moved from one placetof'another over the sandybeach. It is evident` 70. wheels from slipping off the belt, which by that heavy ordnance can be moved in the v same manner after having been loaded on the truck. l

The flanged spools, in connection with thev supporting-wheels of the truck, convert the endless link -belts into a continuous track, which is at all times properlylaid bysimply drawing the truck along. v v l Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a traction-truck, the combination, with the vehicle-gear, axles, and wheels, construced substantially kas described, of the transverse shafts N and P, secured, respect- Vively,-to the rear and front hounds, the spools loose on the ends of said shafts and provided with encircling anges at each end, the vdetachable spring-guides S, and the tractionbelts, each composedrof the two endless ylink belts Y Z and the slats a,connecting` sides of opposite members of the t o belts, and with their'finner surfaces betw Len the belts Y and Z forming a tread rfor the truckwheels, substantially as specified.

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In testimony whereof I affix my Signat rein presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

C. N. yALDRIcn, l WM. F. LcLUsE.

WILLIAM II. BEDIILI\ 

